Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
A jury found the companies negligent in their app designs, harming a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.
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A jury found the companies negligent in their app designs, harming a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.

Alpha Trader Firm, a proprietary trading firm founded in 2022 and operating under the brand alphafunded.com, has reported distributing more than $50 million in cumulative payouts to funded traders across more than 100 countries since its launch, according to a company statement released this week. The London-based firm operates in the proprietary trading sector, which […]

UK’s advantageous position in the field is down to sustained long-term public investment from UK Research and Innovation and its partners, says Prof Charlotte Deane
Dr Simon Williams (Letters, 19 March) writes that ambition in quantum computing cannot succeed without sustained investment in people and fundamental science. He is correct on that point, but wrong to say that UK’s investment...

Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age
They are humankind’s best friend, and now ancient DNA analysis has revealed that the enduring bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years.
The groundbreaking research, published in the journal Nature, pushes back the oldest genetic evidence for domestic dogs by...

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced the local availability of the Galaxy S26 series and the Galaxy Buds4 series. As Samsung’s third generation of AI (artificial intelligence) phones, the Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26 deliver the most intuitive and proactive Galaxy AI1 experiences yet, helping users accomplish more with fewer steps. Galaxy S26 Ultra: Where Innovation […]

Carmel, IN (PinionNewswire) — TKSoftware Inc. today announced the latest release of ICONIC Pro, its flagship all-in-one medical billing and revenue cycle management (RCM) platform, now enhanced with integrated AI-powered advice for coding and claims billing. This significant update empowers healthcare providers to optimize claim submissions, dramatically reduce denials and rejections, and...

Customers who do not confirm how old they are or are underage will have web content filters turned on automatically.

New York, NY — RelationshipAdviceForum received Global Radiance Review’s top prize, the title “#1 Best Company to Watch” for 2026. “RelationshipAdviceForum is one of one,” stated the publication. “There is no other platform that exists at this nexus of truth, service, and human development.” RelationshipAdviceForum, founded by media mogul April Masini, reopened on October 24, […]

Toronto, ON – Aleen Inc. (CSE: ALEN-U), a digital wellness company, has introduced a new data layer within its Personal Wellness Account, designed to enhance how its AI assistant interprets and structures wellness data. As part of its ongoing product development, Aleen Inc. has implemented a biomarker extraction approach that enables the system to process user-provided […]

Picture your point-of-sale screens freezing during lunch rush. Phones keep ringing while the cloud CRM stays blank. Every silent minute can bleed up to $50,000 an hour from a typical small business. In 2026, “good enough” internet isn’t good enough. Fiber now pushes multi-gig speeds, Wi-Fi 6E floods offices, and 5 G or low-orbit satellites […]

Truecaller says it is cooperating with the Information Regulator’s ongoing Popia probe in South Africa.

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Namibia’s telecoms regulator has explained why Starlink has been denied a licence to operate in the country.

Marking a decade of impact in advancing South Africa’s small business ecosystem, Telkom FutureMakers has launched TrailblazeHER, a three-month Women-in-Tech Enablement Accelerator designed to scale black women-owned technology enterprises within the digital economy. Over the past 10 years, Telkom FutureMakers has supported black-owned micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to build...

Prediction markets have gone from a niche concept to a $13 billion monthly industry in under two years, but it can be challenging to understand them in context. In this article, we’re going through what they are, what sets them apart from similar concepts, why they’re so big, and what limiting factors you should keep […]

The 1win platform has been operating on the international market since 2016 and during this time has become one of the recognizable brands in the online gambling industry. Here you can bet on sports and play at the casino – all in one place and from one account. The platform is focused on different regions, […]

Westcon-Comstor has warned that too many Cisco partners are only paying attention when it’s too late.

Prominent podcasters have warned parliament that over-regulating the fledgling industry could cripple its growth.

Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare says the Vodacom deal has given the fibre group the firepower to expand at scale.

A US jury has ordered Meta to pay $375-million for allegedly enabling child exploitation on its platforms.

MSP leaders are facing an uncomfortable truth: their tool stacks have become the problem, not the solution.